Bottle-cap machine.



H. A. ULSSUN.

BOTTLE CAP MACHINE,

APPLICATION HLED MAY 1. I907- Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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BOTTLE CAP MACHINE.

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H. A. OLSSON.

some CAP MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1907.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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BOTTLE CAP MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1901.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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BOTTLE CAP MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1901.

Patented Apr. 4,1916.

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BOTTLE cAP MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR '10 SAN LAC BOTTLE oar comraNY, A CORPORATION on NEW rem:

BOTTLE-car MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HE RY A. OLssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Cap Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making bottle-caps of the character known and described by me in my reissued Letters disk adapted to enter the mouth of the bota disk adapted to project over and cover said mouth, adapted to properly space apart. said first mentioned disks, all of said parts or disks being concentrically secured together so that the edges thereof are free and separable;

A closure such as the one briefly described above is primarily adapted to seal milk botties. Such closures being of a purely temporary character, it will be apparent that in spite'Of the advantage which may be possess ed by any improved form thereof, its cost of production must necessarily be kept at a low pointand but little in excess of the cost of the single paper disks which heretofore have been so universally employed forthis purpose.

Obviously, parts cannot cost as a single one of its parts, and having in view the cheap production of these three part closures, ent invention isthe production of a machine which will automatically out each disk to. its proper size from the desired paper or cardboard stock, properly assemble the three' parts, stamp or. print on the exposed face any desired form of advertising matter, suitably secure the'parts together, and deliver the completed closure to a suitable receptacle. I

a closure comprising three In the acceinpanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, I have illustrated a machine in which are embodied; the various features of @my invention, in

whichdrawings p Figure 1 is a top plan view.

- a rear elevation thereofg Figs. 5, and 7 p are enlarged sections taken substantially on" Specification of Letters Patent.

and a smaller disk or member adapted be manufactured at as low a the object of the pres l bein ig Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed May 1, 1907. Serial No. 371,259.

' the lines 55, 66 and 7-7, of Fig. 1,

respectively, for the sake of clearness ceritgaln parts in Fig. 5 being shown in eleva- The disks of which my closure is com prised are preferably stamped or punched from strips of suitable width and thickness,

' which maybe provided in the form of compact unwinding rolls; I prefer to mount these rolls u on suitable spools, and the spools in sui able manner and position to Patent, No. 12,529, dated September 4,1906. 'This bottle-cap comprises three parts, a

axle for the spools 22, 23 and 24, the spool 22 carrying the roll 25 of the wider strip 26, from which is to be stamped or punched I the larger disk which, in my closure, is to cover the mouth of the-bottle. The spool 23 carries the roll 27 of the strip 28, from which the disk adapted to enter the 'mouth of the bottle is to be punched or stamped, and the spool 24 carries the roll 29 p of the strip 30, from which the smaller spacing disk is similarly secured. These three spools rotate freely. on shaft or axle 21, with preferably sufiicient frictional resistance to prevent unwinding faster than positively caused by the feed-mechanism hereinafter described. I

For the machine proper I provide a heavy table or frame base 31, carrying the bedthe plate 32 are mounted the plate 32. Upon standards 33 and 34, in which is journaled the main drivingshaft 35 carrying the fast and loose pulleys 36 and 37, or, if desired, any other suitable form ofpower transmitting means@ The driving-belt 38 is shown upon the pulley 37 and.'obviously, any de-.

sired form of belt-shifting means may be employed. Similarly mounted upon the plate 32 are the standards 39 and 40, in which is journaled the shaft 41. This shaft 41 is driven by means of a gear 42 thereon in intermeshing relation through a reversing-ge'a'r 43 to the gear 44 on the main driving shaft 35. I plate. 32 are the standards 45, 46, 47 and 48,

{in which is journaled the shafti49- driven zf'fro'm the shaft 41 by meansjof theinterof the ma-- is a front elevation thereof; 1 side-elevationthereof; Fig. 4 .is'f' provided 'afsleeve 52, preferably provided me'shin miter-(gears 50 and 51 the former xedi'onthe shaft 49 and the latter upon the'shaft 41. .Upon this shaft 49 is with ai'sjectangrilar portion 53, over the lat- Similarly mounted upon the 'arm.

eral flat faces of which extend the arms of a yoke 54. The elevation of this yoke with respect to said sleeve is made adjustable by means of a thumbscrew for a purpose which will be hereinafter set forth. In the ends of the arms of the yoke 54 is pivoted the swinging-arm 56, which is reciprocated by means of the disk-wheel 57 mounted on the shaft 58 and positively-driven from the shaft 41 by means of the gears 60 and 61. The disk-wheel 57 is provided with a pin 62 projecting into a slot 63 in said swinging-arm 56. At the end of the arm 56 which terminates at a point which just clears the plate 32 is rovided a U-shapedguide or carrier 64 o a width suflicient to accommodate the strip 26 between the vertical arms thereof. This carrier 64 is secured to the arm 56 by means of a rod 65 upon which is eccentrically pivoted the free roller 66, the cylindricalface of which is milled or corrugated.

It willbe apparent that as the arm 56 is swung to the right referring to Fig. 5), the carrier 64 and the roller 66 will slide freely along the strip26 without engagement therewith, while when said arm is swung to the left, roller will cause the strip 26 to be gripped between saidroller and the carrier 64, and

said strip will be carried along a distance of reciprocation of said 1 equal to the stroke As hereinbefore stated, this strip 26 is intended to provide the larger disks, which are designed to cover the mouths of the bottles, and as these disks provide an exposed face, it is usually desired to place thereon some form of advertising matter. If such advertising matter is in the form of printing, it will be apparent that the printing operation should preferably take place prior to the cutting or punching of the disk. I have shown the machine provided with printing mechanism for this purpose, such mechanism comprising a suitable stamp 67 carrying the desired types or raised printin characters. This stamp 67 is mounted on a block 68 which reciprocates vertically in guides provided by the standards 46 and 47. Between these standards 46 and 47 the shaft 49 is provided with a double-crank 69 adapted to reciprocate the block 68 through a proper distance by means of. the pitman or connecting-rod '70. Inasmuch as reciprocation of the block 68 is adapted to effect a printing impression, the connecting-rod 70 may be made up of two parts, right and left screw-threaded into the coupling 71, whereby the stroke of reciprocation may be adjusted to the nicety required for printing operation.

The printing stamp 67 may be inked in any suitable manner. I prefer, however, to provide the standards 72 and 73, mounted upon the plate 32 in which is the eccentricity of the .the pawl 84 cooperates.

rock-shaft 74. Fixed upon the shaft 49 is a cam 75 with the working edge of which co-acts a roller 76 rotatably mounted at the end of a sliding-rod 77, the other end of which is pivoted to the crank-arm 78 fixed on the shaft 74. Suspended between the standards 72 and 73 are the ink-pans 79 and 80two of which are shown so that two colors may be employed, if desired-preferably supported in an inclined position whereby the thick printers ink therein will drain by gravity toward the composition rollers 81 and 82, mounted on a common axle which carries the ratchet 83 with which This pawl 84 is pivoted at the end of a small crank-arm 85 fixed upon the rock-shaft 86 which has bearings in the standards 72 and 73, said pawl 84, therefore, having what may be termed a gravity-engagement with the ratchet 83.

The shaft 74 is provided with a pair of arms 87 and 88, to the ends of which are pivoted, respectively, the rods 89 and 90 which carry at their other ends the composition inking-roller 91. When in its retracted position, as indicated in Fig. 4, this roller 91 is in contact with a grinding-roller 92 fixed upon the shaft 93 which has suitable bearings in the standards 72 and 73. The shaft 93 with the roller 92 is positively rotated at a uniform velocity by means of a gear 94 on said shaft, which is driven through the interposition of the gear 95 by the gear 96 on the shaft 49.

- Interposed between the rollers 81 and 82 and the roller 92, is the roller 97 mounted between theends of the pair of swingingarms 98 and 99 pivoted on-the plate 32 and normally in their most nearly upright position with the roller 97 in contact with the rollers 81 and 82. It willnow be apparent that as the shaft 49 is rotated the cam 75 will act against the roller 76 at the end of the rod 77 to reciprocate the crank-arm 78 and rock the shaft 74. The arms 87 and 88, being fixed upon said shaft 74, will be reciprocated, carrying therewith the rods 89 rolling contact with the printing-stamp 67.

The guides 100 and 101 are carried by the block 68 by means of pins on said block projecting into slots 103 in said guides, whereby when said block 68 is in its most elevated position, as indicated in Fig. 5, the guides are properly positioned for the reception of the roller 91, while when said roller is withdrawn and the block 68 depressed for the printing operation, said pins 102 will ride in said slots 103 and said guides will be noninterferent with the printing operation.

During the forward movement of the arm 87 it impinges against the lug 104 at the journaled a lower extremity of the arm 85 which is fixed bered, is rapidly rotating. In this upon the shaft 86, whereby said shaft is rocked against the. torsional action of the spring 105, operating through the pawl 84 to advance the ratchet-wheel 83 one step and thereby rotate therollers 81 and 82 through a correspondingdistance and carry a small amount of ink to the roller 97. As best shown in Fig.4, the arms 98 and 99, in

pivoted swinging arms 98 and 99, carryingsaid roller 97, are carried forward by gravity to bring said roller into contact with the roller 92,-which. as will be rememmanner ink .is delivered to said roller 92, evenly distributed thereon, and intermittently fed to the roller. 91 each time it returns into contact with said roller 92. As said rods 89 and 90 are returned to normal position, the stop or stops thereon will operate to return the arms 98 and 99. with the roller 97, to their original position.

It has been explained how the strip 26 is intermittently advanced, and it will be apparent that the parts described are so adjusted that the block 68 is depressed by the double crank 69, and the printing operation effected, while said strip 26 is in' a condition of rest. Similarly, the cam is so formed and adjusted that the inking-roller 91 is advanced to ink the printing-stamp 67 while the block 68 is in its most elevated position.

Journaled in suitable bearing near the bases of thestandards 33 and 34, is the shaft 106 which is provided, at one extremity thereof-with a fixed crank 107 to the end of which is pivoted the pitman 108 eccentrically pivoted to the disk-wheel 109 at the end of the shaft 41, whereby, upon rotation of said shaft 41, said crank 107 will be reciprocated and the shaft 106 rocked. Upon the base 32 is provided a frame comprising the two side-members 110 and 111, preferably braced by rods or bars 112. To the side 110 of said frame, is fixed a stud 113 upon which is mounted to rotate a gear 114 rigidly connected to a concentric ratchetwheel 115. Similarly mounted to rotate upon said stud 113, is the swinging or reciprocating arm 116 carrying the oppositely disposed spring-pressed pawls 117 and 118. It will be apparent that one pawl alone might suflice to intermittently rotate said ratchet 115, but I prefer to provide two, the pawl 118 being provided with a reversed point, the relative location of the points of a reverse direction.

the pawls 117 and 118 being such that when one thereof engages a tooth of the ratchet the other is midway between two of said teeth, whereby there is a minimum of lost motion.

Upon the shaft 106 is fixed an arm 119, while aconnecting rod 120 is pivoted at one end to said arm 119 and at the other end to the arm 116, whereby, when said shaft 106 is rocked, the arm 116 is reciprocated. Beciprocation of the arm 116 operates through one or the other of the pawls 117 and 118 to rotate the gear 114 through a distance which corresponds to the length of the stroke of reciprocation of said arm 116. A spring-pressed detent 121 cotiperates with said ratchet 115 to prevent rotation in The length of this stroke of reciprocation may be varied by means of the adjusting screw 122 threaded into the pivot bearings 123 of said rod 120 which bearings are slidable in the groove 124 in said arm 119.

J ournaled in bearings in the frame members 110 and 111, are the two pairs of shafts 125 126 and 127 128. The shafts 125 and 126 carry the rollers 129 and 130, respectively, while the shafts 127 and 128 carry the rollers 131 and 132, respectively-each pair of rollers being located at opposite ends of their respective shafts and in the path of movement of the strips 30 and 28. respectively, whereby the strip 28 passes between the rollers 129 and 130 and freely between the shafts 127 and 128, and the strip 30 asses freel" between the shafts 125 and 126 and between the rollers 131 and 132. All of these rollersor, at least, one ofeach pair-are milled or burred in order to firmly'grip the strip, and the shafts 125 and 127 are shown mounted in bearings which are vertically adjustable through the screws 133 and 134, respectively, in order to vary the pressure between each pair of rollers.

The shafts 125 and 126 are intergeared,

and the shaft 125 positively driven by the.

gear 114 has intermittent movement, as explained. The shafts 127 and 128 are similarly intergeared, and the shaft 127 positively driven by means of the gear 135, corresponding to the gear 114, and intermittently rotated by means precisely similar to the means employed to rotate the gear 114, the shaft 106 being provided with an arm 136. corresponding to the arm 119, for this purpose.

It will be apparent that as the shaft 106 is rocked, and the gears 114 and 135 advanced in a corresponding step-by-step movement, each of the upper rollers in said two pairs thereof will be positively rotated in yieldingly positive coiiperative relation to the lower rollers 'of these pairs. and the strips and 28 being firmly held therebetween will be independently advanced. As explained, the distance through which the strip 28 is advanced maybe adjusted by means of the screw 122 in the ar1n119, and the distance through which the strip 30 is advanced in a similar manner. It'will be noted that the rollers controlling the movement ofthe strip are entirelyindependent of the movement of the rollers controlling thestrip 30, and thatthe rotating mechanism is capable of individual adjust ment,wherebythe strip28 may be advanced a slightly greater distance at each step than thestrip 30, as is desired on account of the factthatthe disks cut from the latter are slightly less in diameter than those out fronrthe "former. 3 3 1 Journaled in the imwardly projecting arms 137 and 138 of the'heavy standard 139, is a shaft 1-10,])IO\l'(ld between said arms l37'and 138 with a double-crank 111 which operates thepitman 112, to the lower end of which is secured the block 113 vertically slidable in guides 111 and 115. This block 113 carries the two dies or punches 116 and 117, cooperating with respectively corresponding apertures or female dies 118 and 149 in the plate150 carried by the stand ard 139. The die or punch 116 is located immediately above the path of movement of the strip .28 and is of a diameter to punch orcut a disk of proper size from this strip. Similarly, the die or punch 11? is located above the path of movement of the strip 30, andis adaptcdto cut a disk of pmper size therefrom. The shaft 110 is driven by means of a gear 213 meshing with the gear 12 on the shaft-11.

The disk cut by the die 116 is forced through the aperture 113 and drops upon the plate 32 immediately thereunder. The disk cut or punched by the die 11? is not permitted to drop upon the plate 32, but is engaged by and supported upon a pair of strips or small shelves 151 and 152, suitahlv mounted at a distance from each other which is slightly less than the diameter of the disk whereby said strips will engage diametrically opposite portions of the edge of said disk. As inditated in Fig. '7 these strips or shelves 151 and 152 terminate at a point substantially midwav' between the apertures 118 and 119, and the upper faces or edges of said strips are located in a plane above the upper face of the disk which has been punched by the die 116 and which now rests upon the plate 32.

Suspended below the plate 32 is a track 153 upon which travels a carriage 151 preferably provided with the track rollers .212. This carriage 151 is reciprocated and such reciprocation properly timed bv means of the swinging-arm 155 pivoted to the frame 31 at 156, a connecting rod 157 being: interposed between the other end of said arm 155 and saidcarriage 151. Thearm 155 is reciprocated by means of the rod158 pivoted to said arm 155 and to the end of the crank 159 driven by the miter-gears 160 and 161, the latter being mounted upon the end of the shaft 162. The shaft 162 is driven by the miter-gears 163 and 161, the latter being mounted at the end of the shaft 58 By references to Figs. 6 and 7, it will be seen that the carriage" 151 isprovided with a member 165 which projects upwardly through a slot 166 in the plate 3'2this slot 166 being substantially less in width than the diameter of the disk punched by the (lie 1 116, in order that said disk will be's'up'ported by the plate 32 in position over said slot in a similar manner to that in which the disk cut by the punch 117 i s supported upon the strips 151 and 15:2. This member 165 of the carriage 151 is provided with a pair of arms 16? and 168 lccated immediately abovethe plane of theupper face of the plate=32 and, during a portion of the stroke of said carriage, sliding within'the groove formed be tween the plate 32and the corresponding strip, 151 or 153. These arms 167 and 168 form what may be termed a'yoke orY- shaped pusher, and upon the forward stroke of the carriage 151 are'ada'pted to" engage the disk which rests upon the plate 32 in front of the stripslol and 152. For reasons which will be hereinafter made clear. the upper-portion of the operativepart 165 of the carriage 151. is not a l'ongitudinally-connected portion. but is madein the form of a separate plate or member 169, which has a limited longitudinal sliding movement upon said carriage. Normally. the front or forward edge of this plate 16!) is slightly in advance of the working edge of the pusher provided by the arms 167 and 168'-the distance between these two working edges being intended to closely approximate the difference between the radii of the two disks cut by the dies 116 and 117. It will be apparent that as the carriage 151 is moved forward from the pcsition indicated in Fig. 7; after operation of the dies 116 and 117 and with the disks cut thereby resting upon the plate and the strips 151 and 152. rcs 'iectiv lv. the plate 16.), which is located in a plane immediately above the plane of the upper faces of the strips 151 and 152, will first impinge against the disk which rests upon said strips and carry the same forward and over the ends of said strips, whereupon said disk will be superposed upon the larger disk which rests upon the plate 32 underneath the die 116. lllounted upon the plate on either side of the slot 166. are the strips 170, 171 and 172?. and their opposite counterparts. each set thereof being superposed in stepped relation to form a guidewav for the two now superposed disks. This guideway is adapted to properly center said disks laterally, and

they are otherwise centered by a suitably stepped stop at the end of the path of movement of said carriage, which for this purpose cotiperates with the pusher provided by the arms 167 and 168 and with the working edge of the plate 169which, as will be remembered, is slightly in advance of said pusher. These two superposed disks are designed to be brought to a position of rest underneath the strip 26 from which the disk of greatest diameter is to be cut and which, therefore, is obviously of greater width than the diameter of the larger of the two superposed disks thereunder; In order that the working edge of the plate 169, which is advancing in contact with the upper and smaller of the two superposed disks, may not at the end of this advancing operation engage the edge of the strip 26, which is lying ina position which is rectangular to the direction of movement of said carriage and which is, as explained, wider than the diameter of either of the two disks which are to be carried thereunder, the plate 169 is so mounted upon the carriage 154 as to have a slight longitudinal movement with respect thereto. This movement is of a sliding character, between suitable guides, and is limited in a forward direction by the pin 173 fixed upon said carriage and projecting into an elongated notch 174 in the forward edge of the plate 169, while the rear end 175 of said plate is acted upon by a spring 176 in a suitable pocket at the rear end of said carriage. This spring normally operates toiretain said plate 169 in its most advanced position, in which position it is adapted to do the required work. This construction, however, enables me to interpose a suitable stop just prior to the point of engagement between the working edge of said plate 169 and the edge of the strip 26, whereby, while said carriage continues to advanceto deliver the superposed disks to their properly adjusted position, said plate 169 is checked and contact with the strip 26 prevented, energy being stored in the spring 176 to return said plate to normal position upon the backward stroke of said carriage. It will be apparent that by proper adjustment of this mechanism reciprocation of the carriage 154' may be properly timed to slide the smaller upon and substantially concentric to the larger disk during the elevation of the dies 146 and 147 for a subsequent operation. After said disks have been superposed on the plate 32, continued forward movement of the carriage 154 carries them into and along the guideway and to a final position of rest immediately under the strip 26, which has been guided to a slightly elevated position at this pointin order to permit of this operation. When in this final position of rest, the two superposed disks are not only immediately under the strip 26,

but are, at this point, together with said strip, interposed between the co-acting parts of the stitching mechanism. This stitching mechanism may be of any one of many wellknown forms, and as no invention is claimed for such mechanism per se it will only be generally described here. I prefer that such mechanism should comprise means for guiding and feeding a strand of wire from a suitable coil or spool thereof to the proper point, means for cutting therefrom a blank or section of proper length and forming the same into a staple, means for forcing the parallel ends of said staple through the three superposed layers of material, and means for bending and clenching said ends on the underside of said layers.

Suitably mounted on the plate 32 are brackets 177 carrying the spool 17 8 upon which is wound a strand of wire 179 of such gage and quality as commonly employed for wire stitching. This wire 179 is properly directed to the feed mechanism 180 by means of a suitable guide 181. This feed mechanism forces a regulated length of wire over an anvil (not shown) in the block 182, coiiperating with which anvil is the usual former, driven by the cam 183, and a driver, reciprocated by the pitman 181 mounted on the pin 185 projecting eccentrically from the cam 183. These elements form one of the two cooperating mechanisms which are comprised in many well-known forms of wire stitchers, or more properly, wire stapling machines. As is well known, a single operation of these parts results in the feeding of a proper length of the-wire, cutting the blank, forming the staple, and driving the latter through the materials to be joined together, which, as has been shown, are properly located below this mechanism.

Immediately following the forming and driving operation, aforesaid, the ends of the staple on the other side of the material through which they have been forced, are clenched, or folded toward each other and down against the material, by means of a pair of grooved and pivoted formers 186, simultaneously reciprocated by means of the vertically sliding'rod 187 having bearings in the frame 188, suspended from-the plate 32, and in the bearing plate 189. This rod 187 is normally withheld in its retracted or lowermost position by means of the spring 190, and positit'ely driven in its upward or clenching stroke by means of the arm 191 fulcrumed at 192 and reciprocated by means of the pin 193 on the disk 191 fixed upon the shaft 195. This shaft 195 is journaled in suitable hangers 196 and preferably driven by means of a chain 197 coiiperating with a sprocket-wheel 198 on said shaft and with a corresponding sprocketwheel on the shaft 58.

It will be apparent'that the above brieflydescribed staple forming, driving and clenching operation may be so timed that during the period of rest of the strip 20', properly located and with the printed form thereon immediately above the superposed and properly-located disks, the three mem bers will be concentrically and firmly stitched or stapled together. At the end of this operation, the feed mechanism at the end of the arm .36 will again engage the strips '26 and bring that particular portion oi said strip 26 to which the disks are secured underneath the final punch 199. This punch 199 is mounted in a block 200 vertically slidable in guides .201 and properly reciprocated by means of the pitman 202, the other end of which is eccentrically nu unted on the wheel 203 at the end of the shaft 19. The punch 199 cooperates with the aperture 201 in the plate 32 to cut the larger disk from the strip '26, to which has already been properly attached the other disks, so that the finished product will be discharged or delivered through said aper' ture 20l and drop into a receptacle or suitable conveyez', as may be desired.

It will be apparent that any wedging of the disks in the aperture 201, due to fricticn, would have no serious consequences, inasmuch as successive operations will in the end drive the product through said aperture. With reference to the dies or punches 116 and 147, however, it will be apparent that the disks cut by each must, after each operation, be forced through the female die .and drop upon the plate 32 and the strips mounted an arm 909 provided with a pin 210 adapted upon each revolution of said arm to engage the lever 211 and reciprocate the arm 206. It will be apparent that when the hook 205 is depressed, the end thereof will engage the disk which has been punched by the die 146 and force the same through the aperture 148 and thus insure its delivery upon the plate This operation is obviously properly timed through the location and adjustment of the arm 209. A precisely similar mechanism is employed in connection with the punch or die 147. but it is thought that a detailed description of one will sufiice for both.

Many modifications of minor details of my improved bottle-cap machine will doubtless readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and

I therefore do not limit my invention to the specific construction herein shown and de-\ scribed.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of means for assembling two circular disks in superposed concentric arrangement with a disk of smaller diameter concentrically interposed therebetween and means for connecting tcgether said disks substantially at their centers to leave the edges disconnected from each other.

9. The combination of means for assembling two circular disks of different diame ters in superposed concentric arrangement with a third disk having the smallest diameter interposed therebetween and means for connecting t gether said disks substantially at their centers to leave the edges thereof disconnected from each other.

3. The combination of means for assembling two circular disks in superposed concentric arrangement with a disk of smaller diameter and greater thickness interposed therebetween and means fer connecting together said disks substantially at their centers to leave the edges thereof disconnected from each other.

4. The combination, with means for advancing a plurality of strips. of means for cutting a form from each of all but one of said strips, means for assembling and delivering said cut forms in juxtaposition to one face of the uncut strip, means for securing said forms to each other and to said uncut strip, and means fer cutting a form from said strip with said other forms secured thereto.

5. The combination, with means for advancing a plurality of strips, of means for cutting a disk from each of all but one of said strips, means for assembling and dc livering said disks in juxtaposition to one face of the uncut strip, means for securing said forms to each other and to said strip, and means for cutting a disk from said strip to which said other disks are concentrically secured.

6. The combination, with means for advancing suitable blanks, of means for cutting a circular form from one thereof and conveying said form to and connecting the same to another blank, and means for cutting a circular form from said last mentioned blank with said other form concentrically secured thereto.

7. The cembination, with means for advancing suitable blanks, of means for cutting a disk from one thereof and conveving said disk and securing the same to antither blank, and means for cutting a disk frcm said last mentioned blank to which said other disk is concentrically secured.

8. The combination, with means for advancing a plurality of strips, of means for cutting a form from each of all [but one of said strips, means for assembling and delivering said out forms in juxtaposition to one face-of the uncut strip, means for securing said forms to eachother andto said strip, and means for cutting a-form from said strip with said other forms secured thereto, the machine. being continuously operable to successively. repeat the above operations.

9. The combination, with means for advancing a plurality of strips,-of means for cutting a disk from each of all but one of said strips, means for concentrically assem bling and delivering said disks in juxtaposi-- tion to one face of the uncut strip, means for securing said forms-to each other and to said strip, and means for cutting a disk from said strip to which said other disks are concentrically secured, the machine being continuously operable to successively repeat the above operations.

10.- The combination, with means for advancing suitable blanks, of means for cutting a form from one thereof and conveying said form to and connecting the same to another blank, and means for cutting a form from: said last mentioned blank. with said other form secured thereto, the machine being continuously operable to successively repeat the above operations.

11. The'combin'ation, with means for advancing suitable blanks, of means for. outting a disk from one thereof and conveying said disk to and securing the same to an-; other blank, and means for cutting a disk from said last-mentioned blank to which said other disk is concentrically secured, the machine being continuously operable to suecessively repeat the above operations.

' 12. The combination, with means for independently advancing a plurality of strips,

of means for successive printing upon one thereof in transit, means for cutt ng a form from eachof all but the printed strip, means for assembling and delivering said out forms in juxtaposition to the unprinted face of the printed strip, means for securing said forms together and to said printed strip, and means for cutting a form from said printed strip with said other forms secured thereto.

13. The combination, with means for advancing a plurality of strips, of means for cutting a form fromeach of all but one. of said strips, a traveling carriage adapted at one operation to superpose'the out forms and deliver them in superposed relation in juxtaposition to one face of the uncut strip means for securing said forms together and 14;. The combination, with means for individually cutting a plurality of disks, of a traveling carriage adapted to assemble said disks in substantially concentric superposition and deliver them in juxtaposition to a suitable blank, means for securing said disks toeach other and to said blank, and means for cutting a disk from said blank to which said other disks are substantially concentrically secured.

i 15. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a pair of simultaneously-acting cutting dies, of means for receiving and supporting the out forms, and-a reciprocating. carriage provided. with means adapted during its forward stroke to first convey one of said forms to and superpose the same upon the other, and then deliverthe two forms in juxtaposition to the face of an uncut blank.

16. In a machine of the character described, the combination,- with a pair of simultaneously-acting cutting dies, of means .for receiving and supporting the out forms,

dependently timing operations of 'saidcutting dies and said carriage.

17. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a pair of simultaneously acting cutting dies, of

means for receiving and supporting the-cut forms, a reciprocating carriage provided with means adapted during its forward stroke to first convey one of said forms to and superpose the same upon the other, and then deliver the .two together to similar positional relation to an uncut blank, means for interdependently timing operations of said cutting dies and said carriage means for securing said out forms to each other and to said blank, and means for cutting a form from said blank with said other forms secured thereto.

In testimony of the foregoing, I have hereunto setmy hand in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. OLSSON.

Witnesses Josnrn DUNN, FRED H. Bownnsooii. 

